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Snowman Snowman - The Reservoir
by Janet Frame
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
First edition hardcover two volume set, with slipcase box, published by George Braziller, 1963. 'The Reservoir' includes twenty stories ans sketches, 182 pages. 'Snowman Snowman' includes eighteen 'fables and fantasies', 182 pages. Both volumes includes the dust jackets. Jackets show just a few dots of edge wear to the spine panels. Sturdy cream colored cloth covered boards with the titles and author name imprinted on the spine in dark brown. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased. No edge wear. There are some every light age tanning dots to the top edge of the text block. Bindings are tight and square. One small 'squiggle' mark in black pen on the first flyleaf of 'Snowman' but other than that there is no writing and no former ownership marks on either volume. The outer slipcase box is intact, all corners are intact. There is some rubbing wear spots to the slipcase, and spots of exposure to the top and bottom edges of the opening - both about 1/4" across. This is not a library discard. Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22-06383
- Title
- Snowman Snowman - The Reservoir
- Author
- Janet Frame
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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